Canada
Visa Watch! Canada: week of 17 August 2026
Covers the week of 17 August 2026
This describes the week above, not today. Rules move, and this page is not updated after it is published. Check the official source on each item before you act on it, that is what the links are for.
Canada
Processing
Canada publishes longer waiting times for almost every temporary resident visa, effective from its 19 August update
On 19 August 2026 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada updated its published processing time estimates for temporary residence applications, and the waits went up in nearly every category. The biggest increases were for super visa and visitor visa applications. This affects people applying from outside Canada to visit, study or work.
Reported by a news outlet. We could not find this on the government's own pages, so treat it as news rather than as a rule you can rely on. Check the official source before you act.
Reported by cicnews.com: https://www.cicnews.com/2026/08/canada-publishes-updated-processing-timelines-for-temporary-residence-applicants-0879450.html
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